As soon as the sun went down from the clouds, a light rain began to fall in the sky. The rain gradually became heavier and heavier. By the time the evening came, it was already a heavy downpour.

"Wow..."

The door of the inn was suddenly pushed open, and a figure rushed in carrying the wind and rain.

The girl who was lying on the counter and dozing off suddenly woke up when she was hit by the cold wind and rain. When she saw the visitor clearly, her eyes lit up.

"This little Taoist priest, should I go to the top or stay in a hotel?"

The little Taoist priest, Qi Xuanyun, looked at the scantily clad girl who was coming towards him, blushed and lowered his head.

"Dajian, stay... for one night." The little Taoist priest stammered.

"Giggle... don't worry, sister has a nice guest room here. The little Taoist priest can stay here as long as he wants." The young lady giggled and walked closer to the little Taoist priest.

"One night, just one night." Smelling the fragrance of the girl, the little Taoist took two steps back and whispered.

"Haha, would you like to have something to eat, Taoist Master, to ward off the cold? Even though it's already May, it still feels a bit chilly when it rains."

Jiao Niang said: "Little Taoist Master, your body is too thin. Don't let the wind and cold cause you."

"Then...then what delicious food do you have here?" the little Taoist asked.

"There are fine wines and good beef. The beef here in Nujia is excellent. After passing this village, there is no such shop. Would you like to try it, Mr. Xiaodao?" Jiao Niang suggested.

"No, no, I'm a monk, and Master won't let me drink alcohol or eat meat." The little Taoist priest refused.

The girl giggled and said: "Now that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, little Taoist priest, why don't you taste it secretly? Your master won't know?"

"And in addition to fine wine and delicious food, the shop also has other things. Mr. Xiaodao, would you like to try it too? The food in the shop is also very delicious."

"No...no...I...I..." The little Taoist priest seemed to be frightened and his head almost fell to the ground.

"Ahem... let go of that little Taoist priest. If anything happens, come to us!"

Suddenly, there was a coughing sound at the door, and three people walked in.

"Welcome, sir, please come in quickly..."

Jiao Niang looked at the three people walking in from the door and hurriedly welcomed them.

"Three guests, do you want to stay in the hotel or stay in the hotel?"

"Let's take shelter from the rain, stay one night and then leave." Chu Nianjiu said, "We don't avoid wine or meat. Any good wine or meat will be served to us."

"Since the little Taoist priest can't drink alcohol or eat meat, please bring him some plates of cold dishes and make him a pot of hot tea."

"Okay, I'll go to the slave family right now, some guests will wait a moment."

The young lady responded, swaying her body and walked towards the kitchen.

"Little Taoist Priest, we meet again!" Ye Qing bowed his hand to the little Taoist priest.

"You are... you are the man on the ferry!" Hearing Ye Qing's voice, the little Taoist priest instantly recognized Ye Qing and said excitedly: "Why are you here too?"

"It's me." Ye Qing smiled and said, "We also passed by here, and we didn't expect to meet you, the Taoist Priest. What a coincidence!"

"Haha, yes, what a coincidence!" The little Taoist priest was extremely happy: "Oh, by the way, I also want to thank the two elder brothers for rescuing the siege just now. My name is Qi Xuanyun."

"Chu Nianjiu!"

"Lin Yuhuai!"

"You already know my name. My surname is Ye and my given name is Wuhuan."

"I've met Brother Chu, Brother Lin and Brother Ye." The little Taoist said hello one by one: "You can just call me Xuanyun. That's what my master and senior brother call me."

"Okay, then we won't see each other anymore." Ye Qing, Chu Nianjiu and Lin Yuhuai also smiled and said: "Meeting each other means we are destined, let's sit together."

"Come, Xuanyun, sit down!"

"Okay, okay." Qi Xuanyun sat down with a smile on his face.

…

"Master, here are four more fat cows tonight. They are all very fat. They are definitely good things."

The girl came to the kitchen, looked at the rickety man lying in the weeds like a cow, and said: "Master, you must be more careful and don't let those fat cows get away."

"You can't slip away. Madam, don't worry about my craftsmanship." The rickety man grinned, showing his yellow teeth. He half-sited up, reached out and pulled a piece of withered grass from the grass nest, folded a piece of beef, and put it on the delicate

My mother took it off the kitchen counter and put it on the plate.

When the piece of beef folded from withered grass was placed on the plate, it turned into a real piece of beef, with the grease sizzling and the aroma overflowing.

Immediately afterwards, the rickety man weaved dishes such as roast beef, boiled beef, stir-fried tripe, ox tail soup, crystal tendons, etc. Each dish was lifelike, with excellent color, aroma and taste.

"Master, your cooking skills are really getting better and better." Jiao Niang admired as she looked at the dishes on the plate.

"Thank you for the compliment, madam." The rickety man smiled honestly: "Bring it out quickly, don't keep the guests waiting."

"Okay, let's go now." Jiao Niang responded, carrying the delicacies woven from withered grass, and walked towards the lobby.

"It's coming, it's coming, I've been waiting for a long time, the food is here."

"Please be patient, everyone, there will be more later. I will serve it to you right now." Jiao Niang put the dishes on the table, smiled sweetly, turned around and left.

When Jiao Niang came up with several more plates of dishes, she was surprised to find that the table had become clean and there was nothing left.

"Guest officer, you..."

"What, we haven't eaten in many days. We are a little hungry and eat a little fast. Don't be surprised by the boss lady." Chu Nianjiu said with a smile.

"That plate..." Jiao Niang looked at the table that looked like it had been licked by a dog and blinked.

"Sorry, we were so hungry, and your beef was so delicious, so we couldn't help but eat it on the plate." Ye Qing smiled and said, "It's crunchy, chicken-flavored, and quite delicious.

"

"Kekeke... Since the guests are very hungry, let's eat more. We don't have anything else in the store, but there is a lot of meat. I guarantee that you will be satisfied." Jiao Niang said with a smile.

"Then thank you to the boss lady." Ye Qing smiled and said: "By the way, please boss lady to bring over the vegetarian food prepared for my brother."

"Look, it made my little brother cry."

When the girl looked over, she saw that the little Taoist priest was lowering his head, his shoulders were shaking, and there was a faint sound coming from his throat. This was not crying, he was clearly laughing!

"But he is obviously smiling!"

Don’t think you can lie to me because I don’t study enough!

"You don't understand this. Hasn't the boss lady heard that extreme happiness can lead to sadness? If you are extremely happy, you can become sad, but if you are extremely sad, you can't laugh? You laugh when you are extremely sad. That's what my little brother is like."

Ye Qing said nonsense seriously: "You don't study well, I don't blame you."

Jiao Niang: "..."

"Go quickly! Otherwise, my little brother might cry and laugh at the same time, and he can't laugh or cry at all?" Ye Qing said seriously.

"Okay, okay, sir, please wait a moment. I'm leaving right away." The young lady gave Ye Qing a charming look, then turned and left.

"It smells so good, it really smells good!" After the girl left, Chu Nianjiu looked at the food in front of him, a trace of enthusiasm flashed in his eyes, but then he shook his head vigorously to keep his wits about him: "Is it true that you can't eat it?

"

Lin Yuhuai shut down his sense of smell, but looking at the dishes on the table, he still couldn't help but feel the urge to feast.

"Wu Huan, is there really something wrong with these dishes?"

He remembered what happened before. When the dishes were served, he and Lin Yuhuai obviously didn't feel hungry, but as if they were possessed, they couldn't help but want to stuff the dishes on the table into their stomachs, even if they were full to death.

.

But just as they rushed forward, they were stopped by Ye Qing and the little Taoist priest. Then they saw Ye Qing throw the dishes on the table out of the window with lightning speed.

Strangely enough, after the dishes on the table were thrown out, they immediately regained their senses, but when the landlady brought the dishes back, they couldn't help but have this urge in their hearts.

"Well, there's a problem."

Ye Qing stroked his eyebrows, the magic lotus swaying in the sea of ​​​​consciousness, keeping his consciousness clear: "What kind of food can make people lose their minds, don't you think it's strange?"

"Besides, these are not meat, but... grass."

In Ye Qing's eyes, the things on the table were not delicacies, but weeds.

"Hey, are you serious?" Chu Nianjiu said.

"It's really grass, Brother Ye didn't lie to you." The little Taoist raised his head, suppressed his smile, and agreed.

In fact, what Ye Qing said earlier about "eating with the plate" was so interesting. He was not someone who laughed casually in front of others unless he couldn't help it.

"The spiritual officer rushes away from misfortune, the spirit becomes clear, and he sees the heaven and the earth, and opens..."

The little Taoist priest slipped out a yellow paper charm from his sleeve and pressed it on the food on the table. The yellow paper charm spontaneously ignited and emitted a puff of green smoke. When the smoke dissipated, the delicious food on the table turned into a pile of weeds.

.

"It's really grass. What kind of grass is this?" Chu Nianjiu asked.

"This is the cow-transforming grass." The little Taoist priest said: "According to legend, the cow-transforming grass was transformed by the resentful soul of the old cow after it died. Because old cows are generally psychic and are unwilling to let people eat cows, and cows can only eat grass. When they die, they are unwilling and resentful souls.

Turn into cow grass.”

"Bullweed has a huge allure to humans. If a person eats cowweed by mistake, he or she will turn into a cow. But after turning into a cow, humans will still remain sane. As long as they remain sane, they will regain their human body after one day.

But if you can’t stay sane, you will completely turn into a cow.”

The little Taoist priest suddenly sneered: "It seems that I finally found the rightful owner."

Ye Qing asked curiously: "What do you mean, you keep looking for this inn again?!"

And judging from the little Taoist priest's previous actions, he seemed to have been prepared.

"Well, I've been looking for this inn."

The little Taoist priest did not hide anything and said: "When I was traveling down the mountain, I encountered a strange thing. Some people were haunted by nightmares every night. In their dreams, they often dreamed of cows, but those cows had long

With a smug look on his face, he yelled at them with hatred, 'You eat me, you eat me'."

"And this is not an isolated case, but many people will have this nightmare. I have even seen people in a county have the same nightmare."

The little Taoist priest was silent for a moment and continued: "If that's all, that's fine. What's even more frightening is that people who are haunted by nightmares will gradually become insane, thinking that they are a cow, walking on all fours, and using grass as their base.

Eat, and eventually destroy yourself and die."

"I remember that similar cases were recorded in the files of the Jing'an Department."

Lin Yuhuai suddenly sent a message to Ye Qing and Chu Nianjiu: "The name of the case is the Mengniu Case, and the level has been rated as impermanent. It is still an unsolved case in the Jing'an Department."

"It is reported that the Jing'an Department sent a large number of manpower to thoroughly investigate the case, but no results were obtained because the location where the case occurred was very unstable, sometimes even in completely different directions, and the clues were messy and weird."

"I think I've heard of it too." Chu Nianjiu nodded.
Chapter completed!